Google Programmable Search Engine: Difference between revisions

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| type = [[Web search engine]]

| registration = Optional

| programming_language = [[C++]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html |title=The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine|publisher= Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA| accessdateaccess-date=January 27, 2009}}</ref>

| owner = [[Google]] ([[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]])

| author = [[Google]]

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'''Google Programmable Search Engine''' (formerly known as '''Google Custom Search''' and '''Google Co-op''') is a platform provided by [[Google]] that allows web developers to feature specialized information in web searches, refine and categorize queries and create customized search engines,<ref>{{cite web|title=Custom search engine &#124; What it is and Examples - Expertrec|url=https://blog.expertrec.com/custom-search-engine/|publisher=ExpertRec|accessdateaccess-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> based on [[Google Search]]. The service allows users to narrow the 11.5 billion [[Web indexing|indexed webpages]] down to a topical group of pages relevant to the creator's needs.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Signorini|first1=A|last2=Gulli|first2=A|title=The Indexable Web is More than 11.5 billion pages|url=http://www.nohatsmarketing.com/the-indexable-web.pdf|accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810141837/http://www.nohatsmarketing.com/the-indexable-web.pdf|archive-date=August 10, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Google launched the service on October 23, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Power of Google Search is Now Customizable|url=http://googlepress.blogspot.in/2006/10/power-of-google-search-is-now_23.html|publisher=Google News|accessdateaccess-date=27 August 2015}}</ref>

==Services==

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===Custom Search Engine===

[[Image:Google coop.png|thumb|right|Google Co-op logo]]

Released on October 23, 2006, Google Programmable Search allows anyone to create their own search engine by themselves. Search engines can be created to search for information on particular topics chosen by the creator. Google Programmable Search Engine allows creators to select what websites will be used to search for information which helps to eliminate any unwanted websites or information. Creators can also attach their custom search engine to any blog or webpage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Google Custom Search|url=http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-custom-search/|publisher=Wordpress|accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2014}}</ref> [[Google AdSense]] results can also be triggered from certain search queries, which would generate revenue for the site owner.<ref>{{cite web|title=AdSense Custom Search Ads|url=https://developers.google.com/custom-search-ads/|publisher=Google|accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2014}}</ref>

===Subscribed Links===

Provided as part of the original service, subscribed links were discontinued on 15 September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eustace |first=Alan |url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-spring-clean.html |title=Official Blog: A fall spring-clean |publisher=Googleblog.blogspot.com |date=2011-09-02 |accessdateaccess-date=2013-06-14}}</ref>

Subscribed Links were web results that users could manually subscribe to. Anyone was allowed to make a new Subscribed Link, and did not necessarily need knowledge on how to create a feed, as a basic link could be created. Subscriptions were then available in a special directory.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

===Topics===

Topics are specific areas of search, which can be developed by people with knowledge of a certain subject. These topics are then displayed at the top of relevant Google web searches, so the user can refine the searches to what they want.<ref>{{cite web|title=Custom Search Advanced Topics|url=https://www.google.com/support/enterprise/static/gsa/docs/admin/72/gsa_doc_set/admin_searchexp/adv_customization.html|publisher=Google|accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2014}}</ref> Currently, there is a limited number of topics that Google is wanting to develop, namely Health, Destination Guides, Autos, Computer games, Photography and Home Theater.{{Citation needed|date=July 2014}}

==See also==